linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] vfs: Add checks for filesystem timestamp limits

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:02:40 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        "adilger.kernel@...ger.ca" <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        "linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] vfs: Add checks for filesystem timestamp limits

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
> There is one global option that I want to see, and that is for completely
> disabling all components that are known to be broken in y2038.

I really don't see the point.

Don't do it. Make it some local hack, I'm not taking crazy patches.

                    Linus